State Department on HotAir

State Department

Apr 2019

NBC: Why are so many Trump inauguration donors appointed ambassadors?

Ed Morrissey Apr 03, 2019 4:01 PM

Off target but aiming in the right direction.

Feb 2019

NYT: ISIS bride Hoda Muthana might be a U.S. citizen after all

Allahpundit Feb 20, 2019 8:01 PM

Status.

Confirmed: FBI offered State a quid pro quo to keep Hillary e-mail classification quiet

Ed Morrissey Feb 12, 2019 5:31 PM

“To be great is to be misunderstood.”

Dec 2018

Federal judge: Hillary e-mail dodge “one of the gravest modern offenses to government transparency”

Ed Morrissey Dec 07, 2018 10:41 AM

“At worst, career employees in the State and Justice Departments colluded to scuttle public scrutiny of Clinton…”

Sep 2018

State Department announces cuts to number of refugees U.S. admits

Jazz Shaw Sep 18, 2018 10:41 AM

Politically dicey, but with a purpose

“Unseemly and unprecedented”: Pompeo blasts John Kerry’s nuclear discussions with Iran as “beyond inappropriate”

Allahpundit Sep 14, 2018 8:41 PM

“Actively undermining U.S. policy as a former Secretary of State is literally unheard of.”

Assistant Secretary of State: It would be “very inappropriate” if John Kerry is conducting shadow diplomacy with Iran

Allahpundit Sep 13, 2018 10:01 PM

Coup.

Who leaked the Venezuela coup story, and why?

Jazz Shaw Sep 09, 2018 9:31 AM

Or perhaps more to the point, why now?

Arizona Democrat to ICE agents: “You will not be safe”

Karen Townsend Sep 01, 2018 10:01 AM

Fake news

Aug 2018

Omarosa: Trump knew about the emails before Wikileaks released them

Allahpundit Aug 14, 2018 4:01 PM

“I’m going to blow the whistle on all of it.”

Pompeo delivers letter from Trump to North Korea’s Kim Jong-un

Karen Townsend Aug 05, 2018 12:31 PM

Cautious optimism

Jul 2018

Reuters: Butina met with two “senior” government officials … in 2015

Ed Morrissey Jul 23, 2018 10:01 AM

Red herrings.

Lankford: Come on, “no way” are we turning a US diplomat over to Putin’s security forces; Update: Trump “disagrees” on offer, Sanders says

Ed Morrissey Jul 19, 2018 12:01 PM

Even for this “incredible offer”?

May 2018

Pompeo: State Dept open for business, baby

Ed Morrissey May 15, 2018 2:01 PM

Control.

Apr 2018

Pompeo: No, I won’t resign as Secretary of State if Trump fires Mueller

Ed Morrissey Apr 12, 2018 6:01 PM

“I cooperated.”

Mar 2018

Rand Paul: Why is Trump nominating neocons instead of America Firsters?

Ed Morrissey Mar 14, 2018 4:01 PM

Filibuster?

“Relief”: State Department employees cheer Tillerson firing

Allahpundit Mar 13, 2018 6:01 PM

“This team has proven itself incapable of managing the State Department.”

State Dept closes Mexican consulate, warns Americans in Yucatan area

Ed Morrissey Mar 09, 2018 10:41 AM

“We do not know why the U.S. government decided to emit this alert.”

State Dept: We’ve confirmed use of VX to assassinate Kim brother

Ed Morrissey Mar 07, 2018 6:01 PM

Symbolic sanctions and cautious openings.

Feb 2018

Former State official: I was a teenage Steele-Blumenthal-FBI conduit, or something

Ed Morrissey Feb 09, 2018 12:01 PM

“I did not expect them to be shared with anyone in the U.S. government.”

Jan 2018

Say, where are all the ambassadors, anyway?

Ed Morrissey Jan 30, 2018 10:01 AM

Competence.

Nov 2017

Media salivating over potential Rex vs Ivanka cage fight

Jazz Shaw Nov 25, 2017 8:31 AM

Less than meets the eye

Oct 2017

Breaking: Catalonia declares independence as Spain readies takeover

Ed Morrissey Oct 27, 2017 12:01 PM

“This movement is textbook populism, full of magical thinking.”

US to UNESCO: We’re outta here until you end anti-Israel bias; Update: Israel exits too

Ed Morrissey Oct 12, 2017 12:01 PM

“This decision was not taken lightly …”

NBC: Tillerson nearly resigned, called Trump a “moron” in July; Tillerson: No, I didn’t consider resigning

Ed Morrissey Oct 04, 2017 11:21 AM

“I have never considered leaving this post.”

US to 15 Cuban diplomats: Get out

Ed Morrissey Oct 03, 2017 12:01 PM

Reciprocity.

Sep 2017

Vatican recalls diplomatic official after State Dept demand on child-porn probe

Ed Morrissey Sep 15, 2017 2:41 PM

USCCB to Vatican: Be transparent.

Wow: Putin offered Trump full normalization of relations with Russia across all branches in March

Allahpundit Sep 12, 2017 6:01 PM

Reset.

Aug 2017

I bet you thought the Hillary Clinton email scandal was over

Jazz Shaw Aug 14, 2017 10:41 AM

Everything old is new again

Jul 2017

Hmmmm: Rex Tillerson is taking a little time off, says State Department

Allahpundit Jul 25, 2017 3:31 PM

Rexit?

Twist: Obama DoJ granted visa waiver to Russian lawyer in Trump Jr meeting

Ed Morrissey Jul 13, 2017 8:41 AM

Foreign agent.

Jun 2017

State Department’s human trafficking report downgrades China to tier 3

John Sexton Jun 27, 2017 3:01 PM

“it has not taken serious steps to end its own complicity in trafficking, including forced laborers from North Korea.”

May 2017

Yeesh: State Dep’t spokesman stumped when asked why U.S. criticizes Iran over elections but not Saudi Arabia

Allahpundit May 30, 2017 10:41 PM

Democracy.

Must-read from NYT: Breakdown of Turkish delegation assault on protesters

Ed Morrissey May 26, 2017 10:41 AM

Consequences.

Comey: Why no, we won’t be charging Huma Abedin for forwarding classified emails to Anthony Weiner

Allahpundit May 03, 2017 3:31 PM

Intent.

Apr 2017

State Department to Nikki Haley: Before you say anything important on foreign policy, clear it with us first

Allahpundit Apr 28, 2017 6:01 PM

Guidelines.

White House toughened up ‘soft’ Iran Deal compliance letter

John Sexton Apr 25, 2017 9:21 PM

“the initial letter submitted by the State Department was too soft…”

Mar 2017

Avert your eyes: AP reporter says sensational WaPo claim on Tillerson “not true”

Ed Morrissey Mar 31, 2017 10:01 AM

“Because I know people who didn’t start in 2009.”

OMB Director: ‘This is a hard-power budget’ (not a Big Bird budget)

John Sexton Mar 16, 2017 4:01 PM

Too Big Bird to fail?

Tennessee sues the federal government over refugee resettlement

Jazz Shaw Mar 14, 2017 2:31 PM

A Tenth Amendment case? When’s the last time you saw that work?

White House blocks Mattis from appointing Obama’s ambassador to Egypt as Defense deputy

Allahpundit Mar 03, 2017 2:01 PM

“Mad Dog’s personnel choices are his and not what we are told are in his opinion political hacks from the Trump team…”

Feb 2017

Report: Tillerson, State Department “out of the loop” on administration diplomacy

Allahpundit Feb 17, 2017 2:01 PM

Outsider.

New FOIA release: Obama admin knew immediately Benghazi was “direct breaching” terror attack, not “under cover of protest”

Ed Morrissey Feb 15, 2017 2:31 PM

Security “equivalent of defcon 5”?

Report: Trump rejected Elliott Abrams for State Department role because he criticized Trump during the campaign

Allahpundit Feb 10, 2017 4:01 PM

“This was Donald Trump’s thin skin and nothing else.”